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File:Quick-start-1.png|'''Step 1:''' Select "Videos" in the home screen menu.
File:Quick-start-1.png|'''Step 1:''' Select "Videos" in the home screen menu.
File:Quick-start-2.png|'''Step 2:'''  Seclect Files, then select "Add Source".
File:Quick-start-2.png|'''Step 2:'''  Seclect Files, then select "Add Videos".
File:Quick-start-3.png|'''Step 3:''' The "Add Video Source" screen will be displayed. Then select the "Browse" button.
File:Quick-start-3.png|'''Step 3:''' The "Add Video Source" screen will be displayed. Then select the "Browse" button.
File:Quick-start-4.png|'''Step 4:''' Now browse to where you keep your videos stored. Once you have found the folder you keep your videos in, select the "OK" button.  If you keep them shared on a network drive, read the [[Configuring PC Shares]] article for more information about setting up a share on your computer first.
File:Quick-start-4.png|'''Step 4:''' Now browse to where you keep your videos stored. Once you have found the folder you keep your videos in, select the "OK" button.  If you keep them shared on a network drive, read the [[Configuring PC Shares]] article for more information about setting up a share on your computer first.

Revision as of 09:29, 12 June 2015

Adding videos to the library/Contents

Home icon grey.png   ▶ Video library ▶ Management ▶ Adding video sources

Media sources are the links that tell Kodi where your content is stored and what type of content is contained within each one. You can have multiple sources for each media type.

You can use local media, file shares, removable USB drives, etc. UPnP won't work with the library features (scanning data in like summaries and movie covers) in Kodi, but just about all the other options should be fine.


Adding sources


Making one source for multiple locations

Multi locations in one source.png

You might notice that Kodi has an "ADD" button in addition to a "BROWSE" button when you are adding a source. After you add your first location, you can add a second location (network or local. you can even mix them) and Kodi will show both folders as a single folder/source.

Kodi will also combine the subfolders within the source/locations. For example, if you had a hard drive for TV shows, but ran out of space, you could make a second hard drive with the same folder paths and Kodi would merge them together to a single directory path. Such as

Hard drive 1/TV shows/
Hard drive 2/TV shows/

and the same is true for an additional nested folder with the same way:

Hard drive 1/TV shows/American Dad/
Hard drive 2/TV shows/American Dad/

You could have half of a show on one hard drive, half on another, and Kodi will show it to you as if it was in a single location by using multiple locations in a single source.

Note: This only impacts the basic "Files view". The default Library nodes will combine things by show even if their files are spread across multiple drives. Most users will not really benefit from using multiple paths in a single source.

Password protected sources

See: Media sources#Locking

See also